Remembering kid quiz shows in the years before ‘It’s Academic’
, a Maury classmate. Solley was on the show, too, along with 10 other kids from Alexandria, Va., who were memorialized in a black-and-white photo taken that day.I wrote
and what it’s been through in recent years, but it’s worth remembering that children’s quiz shows have long been popular.“It was a big deal for us,” said Shine, who still lives in Alexandria. It turned out that her services weren’t needed at the microphone that day. Solley — then known as Anne Flynt — did compete.
“You can't really study for such a thing at that age,” said Solley, who lives in Maine now. “I don’t remember the words I spelled right. I was in several rounds. I do remember that I finally misspelled a word. The word was ‘occurred.’ I hope I can spell it now.”Their Maury classmateremembered the name of the show: “Quizdown,” broadcast Saturday mornings on WTOP. He also recalled that the questions weren’t only about spelling. He was asked two questions.
Said Roberts: “The ballpoint pen did as all ballpoint pens did in those days: It wrote in Morse code.” In other words, it skipped. Both women remember their mothers fussing over their outfits and hair — ironic, given that they were going to be on the radio, not television. And they never got to hear the show. It went out over the airwaves live. They do remember that Maury was a good school. (It was also a segregated one. Named for a Confederate naval officer,
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